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Tributary 1Definition: Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace.
Tributary 2Definition: Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior. Tributary 3Definition: Paid in tribute. Tributary 4Definition: Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing; as, the Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi. Tributary 5Definition: A ruler or state that pays tribute, or a stated sum, to a conquering power, for the purpose of securing peace and protection, or as an acknowledgment of submission, or for the purchase of security. Tributary 6Definition: A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; an affluent. tributary 7Definition: a branch that flows into the main stream tributary 8Definition: tending to bring about; being partly responsible for; "working conditions are not conducive to productivity"; "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city"; "a contributory factor" tributary 9Definition: paying tribute; "a tributary colony" tributary 10Definition: of a stream; flowing into a larger stream
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